Gothic Quarter & Barcelona Cathedral

Barri Gòtic · Catedral de Barcelona (La Seu)

Lanes on Roman walls, a bishop’s bridge and a cloister full of geese

Hours

Lanes always open. Cathedral tourist visit: weekdays 09:30–18:30 (last entry 17:45), Saturdays and eves of holy days 09:30–17:15, Sundays and holy days 14:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30). MUHBA Tue–Sat 10:00–19:00, Sun 10:00–20:00, closed Mon

Tickets

Lanes free; cathedral tourist visit €16 (€14 for students up to 25 and others), MUHBA €7.30 (under-16s free)

Address

Start at Pla de la Seu in front of the cathedral; the quarter fills the old-town lanes between La Rambla and Via Laietana

Step one block off La Rambla and you are in a knot of shady stone lanes. The usual loop starts at the square in front of the cathedral, passes under the Pont del Bisbe on Carrer del Bisbe (it looks medieval but dates from 1928), then on to Plaça del Rei and Plaça de Sant Felip Neri. Thirteen white geese patrol the pond in the cathedral cloister, one for each year of Saint Eulalia's life. Under Plaça del Rei, the city history museum (MUHBA) takes you down by lift to walk the streets and wine presses of Roman Barcino.